Research progress of self-assembled nanogel and hybrid hydrogel systems based on pullulan derivatives

• Main Authors: Tao Zhang (Author), Ruyi Yang (Author), Shengnan Yang (Author), Jibin Guan (Author), Dong Zhang (Author), Yan Ma (Author), Hongzhuo Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Polymer nano-sized hydrogels (nanogels) as drug delivery carriers have been investigated over the last few decades. Pullulan, a nontoxic and nonimmunogenic hydrophilic polysaccharide derived from fermentation of black yeast like Aureobasidium pullulans with great biocompatibility and biodegradabilit...